</p>
<p>The <code><query></code> is a placeholder for the search query to execute in Android
-Market. The query can be a raw text string or you can include parameters that perform a search
-based on the publisher name or application package name:</p>
+Market. The query can be a raw text string or you can include a parameter that performs a search
+based on the publisher name:</p>
<ul>
- <li>To search based on the publisher name, use the {@code pub:} parameter:
+ <li>To perform a raw text search, append the query string:
+ <p><code><URI_prefix><b>search?q=</b><search_query></code></p></li>
+
+ <li>To search based on the publisher name, use the {@code pub:} parameter in the query, followed
+by the publisher name:
<p><code><URI_prefix><b>search?q=pub:</b><publisher_name></code></p>
<p>You can use this type of search to show all of your published applications.</p></li>
-
- <li>To search based on the package name, use the {@code pname:} parameter:
- <p><code><URI_prefix><b>search?q=pname:</b><package_name></code></p></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-left:2em"><code>market://search?q=<query></code></p>
-<p>The query may include the {@code pub:} or {@code pname:} parameters described above.</p>
+<p>The query may include the {@code pub:} parameter described above.</p>
<p>For example, here's how you can initiate a search in the Android Market application, based on the
publisher name:</p>
startActivity(intent);
</pre>
+<p>The search result shows all applications published by the publisher and which are compatible with
+the current device.</p>
+
<h4>Searching the Android Market web site</h4>
<code>http://market.android.com/search?q=<query></code>
</p>
-<p>The query may include the {@code pub:} or {@code pname:} parameters described above.</p>
+<p>The query may include the {@code pub:} parameter described above.</p>
<p>For example, here's a link that initiates a search on the Android Market web site, based on the
publisher name:</p>
<a href="http://market.android.com/search?q=pub:Your Publisher Name">Search Link</a>
</pre>
+<p>The search result shows all applications published by the publisher.</p>
+
<h3 id="UriSummary">Summary of URI formats</h3>
<td><nobr><code>market://search?q=pub:<publisher_name></code></nobr></td>
</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>Search for an application by its fully qualified package name</td>
-<td><code>http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:<package_name></code></td>
-<td><code>market://search?q=pname:<package_name></code></td>
-</tr>
-
</table>